firmamen
Latin
Etymology
fīrmō (“to strengthen”) + -men
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fɪrˈmaː.mɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [firˈmaː.men]
Noun
firmāmen n (genitive firmāminis); third declension
- (poetic) a prop, support
- Synonym: firmāmentum
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | firmāmen | firmāmina |
| genitive | firmāminis | firmāminum |
| dative | firmāminī | firmāminibus |
| accusative | firmāmen | firmāmina |
| ablative | firmāmine | firmāminibus |
| vocative | firmāmen | firmāmina |
References
- “firmamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “firmamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers